Month: May 2023

North Carolina lawmakers have approved a new law that bans nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The move comes as a response to [Read More]

On May 5, 1905, the influential Black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, was founded by Robert S. Abbott. The paper was the first Black publication to [Read More]

Bank of America has granted $1 million to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to fund their $25 million capital campaign for a new facility that [Read More]

In a landmark decision, four leaders of the far right group Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Washington DC. The group [Read More]

In partnership with the Chicago Public Library, Third World Press Foundation, Brooks Permissions, and Northwestern University Press, the Poetry Foundation has launched One Poem, One [Read More]

On May 4, 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) staged its first “Freedom Ride” out of Washington, D.C., through the Deep South in an [Read More]

In Atlanta, a suspect has been charged in connection with a mass shooting at a medical practice. Deion Patterson, 24, faces one count of murder [Read More]

Quinn Riley, a rising star in the world of golf, has qualified for the prestigious 2023 Wells Fargo Championship. Riley, who was Duke University’s first [Read More]

Atlanta police are searching for 24-year-old Deion Patterson, who’s considered armed and dangerous after a shooting at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday. [Read More]

The College Board is facing backlash and calls for an independent investigation over its handling of the AP African American Studies course. The controversy began [Read More]